Chapter 3: Comfort In Strange places

Authors Note: Onto the Sesshomaru and Kikyou goodness, let's see what's up now?

Sesshomaru's POV

It had been an hour since I had brought Kikyou up to my room. We were lucky by the time we got home it was beginning to rain as if to match Kikyou's misery. I guess the rain is better then the sun, for if it were to be the sun it would be smiling on Kikyou's misery.

She hadn't moved since we came up here, just sitting on my bed with a blank stare, looking out into the darkness.

"Do you want anything? Don't let that bastard get to ya'"

I tried to sound angry. I really did, but I could hear the wave in my voice, an eerie sound of pity. Not quite like me.

Then, she looked at me, her dull brown eyes staring straight through me as if I wasn't even there. I shivered. Her black hair pillowed against her shoulders resting against her lower back, her eyes blank showing no emotion.

"Noo…"

Her voice was slow…soft, as if someone were pounding the very existence out of her, taking her farther and father out of reach, as if someone was taking her away from me…

"Kikyou…" Her eyes began to tear up and she turned her head back to the window, she made a few little whimpers trying her best to suppress her tears, then I heard her breathing stop and she made a small gasp as if she had found something…

And she had.

I knew what she had found, out of instinct? Maybe…

My knife.

I walked over to her from my chair a little panic in my stride; she turned and smiled at me. The tears were rolling down her face in a steady stream. Her smile as bright as the sun and her cheeks as wet as the rain.

"I can't believe…I had no idea…It could hurt this much" Kikyou said her voice was soft and groggy with tears.

"I'll make him suffer twice as much as you have Kikyou" I was surprised by the anger in my words, and apparently Kikyou was too.

"Don't…Don't hurt him"

Don't hurt him? How could I not hurt him? He hurt her! What did she want me to do? Watch her suffer? I think not!

"Are you crazy?" I asked giving her a small scowl as I watched a smile form on her face. Not a bright smile, a sad one.

"I still love him."

Love him….

Normal Pov-

Kikyou glanced at the knife in her hand, somehow the tears had managed to stop and her eyes shown some form of life.

"I know I shouldn't…But I can't help it…I trusted him…" Kikyou said running her hand over the blade gently, a small chuckle escaping her lips. "It's stupid really, but…You'd do almost anything to avoid the pain."

Kikyou paused looking up at Sesshomaru, his eyes were wide and he almost seemed upset. 'How long has he been that way?' Kikyou thought, rising to a stand slowly setting the knife down.

"Are you alright?" Kikyou asked softly walking over to Sesshomaru, a bit of her normal self coming back.

Sesshomaru's arms wrapped around her waste affectionately as he pulled her body close to his, holding her just as he had once Kikyou had realized his brother's betrayal.

"Love him you say?" Sesshomaru said softly, Kikyou gasping slightly by his reaction let alone his words.

Kikyou managed a small nod against his chest and she felt Sesshomaru grip tighter.

"Do you still?"

Kikyou paused looking up at him, her arms reaching up his back, hugging him back, as she closed her eyes thinking.

"No, Sesshomaru…I will never love again."

Sango sighed sitting at her desk in the kitchen, a pencil behind her ear and her papers thrown across the desk.

"Hey sis?" Kohaku asked looking at her quizzically "Why do you have a pencil behind your ear?"

Sango looked up at Kohaku and managed a small sigh as Sango's mom walked into the room.

"Now now Kohaku, Your sisters working hard she has lots of homework tonight."

Kohaku whined. "When will she be done?"

"I'm sure Sango will play with you a little after dinner before she goes up to her room"

"Awe okay…" Kohaku said smiling at his sister "Good luck, Get done soon okay?" Kohaku said as he ran into the living room.

Sango's mom looked over her shoulder, "You don't mind do you dear? You know how much Kohaku loves playing with you"

Sango shook her head, "It's okay mom, I just have to finish Algebra" She glaring angrily at her homework paper, as her mom nodded before leaving the room.

Sango sighed looking down at the numbers; they seemed to dance along the page. 'Who needs math anyway?' Sango thought as she stared angrily at the problems. 'stupid stupid math'

Sango pulled back frustrated and looked out at the pouring rain, sighing. "I wonder what Miroku's doing…" she whispered sadly as she looked out at the rain. It was hard, Miroku was very popular in school, he always had been and Sango's was just the mean girl on the side, why would high school be any different?

"It's only been a year" Sango thought pulling back to the desk. "It's not like we…we've been in love all this time!" Sango thought turning red as she began to tap her pencil nervously on the desk. Then it hit her, hard.

Do I love Miroku?

Sango bit her lip looking down at the paper, writing down a few numbers and shutting the book. 'Thinking if you were in love with someone was far more important then a homework assignment right?' Sango thought shaking the thought from her mind.

'Well, the positives. My parents like him, Kohaku was a little suspicious but little brothers are supposed to be at first. Miroku's sweet, and nice and still pretty perverted. He's good mannered and…'Sango paused. 'And he's always here'

Flashback+

Sango was walking home from Katana practice after school but after school, she and some guy were horsing around and he accidentally stabbed her with the sheath of the blade enough to bruise her ribcage, at the time Sango felt fine but…

Sango stumbled slightly dropping her books as she rested her hand on her side, moaning as she squinted her eyes shut and when she opened them. Miroku had stood above her a worried look in his eyes as he held her books and umbrella over her head.

"Are you alright?"

"yea…I…" Sango said softly rising to a stand but landing on a knee once more, Miroku had threw the books down and held her softly in her arms. "We need to get you to the hospital" Miroku said softly running his hands through her now black hair.

End Flashback+

Tears formed in the corner of Sango's eyes as she held her head in her hands. "Damn him…" Sango muttered as she heard a knock on the door as she turned to open the door, a gust of wind and rain pouring through, Sango's hair blowing widely as she squinted her eyes.

Sango managed to open her eyes as she looked at the figure before her, and more or less there stood Miroku, in nothing but short sleeves and jeans, his hair dripping wet, his nose red from the cold.

"Miroku.."

"I'm sorry Sango, I'm so sorry" Miroku said looking up at her, falling through the door slightly and almost at Sango's feet.

Kikyou and Sesshomaru stood there just embracing each other, but with the best and the worst of moments, they always have to end somewhere. The door clicked open as Sesshomaru heard Inuyasha's foot steps come up from down the stairs. Kikyou pulled back alarmed as she looked at Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's hands on the door knob as he slowly twisted it open.

Kikyou stared at him as well as Sesshomaru his eyes held an angry stare. "Get away from her" Inuyasha said bitterly as he shut the door locking it shut, taking a step towards Sesshomaru…

Authors Note: Uh oh, Inu's pissed, fight next chappy! Read and Review…